Medicaid
Children and Adult
Medicaid* is a program that offers health care services to persons who have limited income, are pregnant, and/or persons with disabilities.
To qualify for Medicaid, you or your children must:- Be a Texas resident.
- Be a U.S. citizen or a legal resident.
- Meet certain resource and income limits.
- Families and children with limited income
- Children
- Pregnant women
- Non-U.S. citizen needing emergency medical services
- Children who are medically needy due to high medical bills (under 19 years of age)
- Recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from Social Security Administration
- Persons having low-income and needing long-term care or help with daily activities
- Attendant/personal assistance services
- Case management for persons with chronic mental illness; persons with mental retardation/related conditions; women with high-risk pregnancies and infants; children with health risk or health conditions
- Clinic visits
- Day activity and health services
- Dental care for children (under 21 years of age)
- Doctor visits (including psychiatrists)
- Emergency medical services (see page 17)
- Home and community-based services
- Home health services, including durable medical equipment
- Lab tests (i.e. blood work, urine samples)
- Medical and dental checkups for children (under 21 years of age) through the Texas
- Health Steps Program
- Optometry
- Glasses and contact lenses for children (under 21 years of age )
- Physical, occupational, and speech therapy
For people with hearing or speech impairments,
call TDD Relay Texas at 1-800-735-2989.
*Information for this page from: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/chip/reports/ConsumerGuideEnglish.pdf